Apps cannot currently use other browser engines on iOS

manigandham · on Sept 16, 2020

Most of the web privacy settings are specific to Safari, not the Webkit browser engine.

Also an app can access and send more data than a browser window. Anything the webview can block can just get transmitted by the app itself separately. So there's no reason to block 3rd-party browser engines as the GP post says.

romanoderoma · on Sept 16, 2020

safari is enough and has enough bugs to be a totally good vector for malware

The real security issue is: if a bug in Safari is found (it happens quite often) users cannot use another browser in the meantime.

saagarjha · on Sept 16, 2020

> has enough bugs to be a totally good vector for malware

Not for most people.

romanoderoma · on Sept 16, 2020

It's the main vector for malware on Apple phones (and mac laptops)

saagarjha · on Sept 16, 2020

Most malware is installed consensually, not as the result of bugs.

romanoderoma · on Sept 17, 2020

So the only solution is to remove the computation from computation devices.